Micro‐Nano Motors with Taxis Behavior: Principles, Designs, and Biomedical Applications

Isotropic Hedgehog-Shaped-TiO2/Functional-Multiwall-Carbon-Nanotube Micromotors with Phototactic Motility in Fuel-Free Environments

(2021) Huaide Jiang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Interactions between Biomedical Micro‐/Nano‐Motors and the Immune Molecules, Immune Cells, and the Immune System: Challenges and Opportunities

(2021) Dongmei Fu et al.   Advanced Healthcare Materials

Magnetic Helical Hydrogel Motor for Directing T Cell Chemotaxis

(2021) Zhen Wang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Enzyme-Powered Liquid Metal Nanobots Endowed with Multiple Biomedical Functions

(2021) Dandan Xu et al.   ACS Nano

Apoptotic Tumor DNA Activated Nanomotor Chemotaxis

(2021) Yicheng Ye et al.   NANO LETTERS

Wireless Manipulation of Magnetic/Piezoelectric Micromotors for Precise Neural Stem‐Like Cell Stimulation

(2020) Lu Liu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Hierarchical Microswarms with Leader–Follower‐Like Structures: Electrohydrodynamic Self‐Organization and Multimode Collective Photoresponses

(2020) Xiong Liang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

3D‐Printed Soft Magnetoelectric Microswimmers for Delivery and Differentiation of Neuron‐Like Cells

(2020) Mei Dong et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Multiwavelength Phototactic Micromotor with Controllable Swarming Motion for “Chemistry-on-the-Fly”

(2020) Yang Hu et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Self-Propelled Janus Colloids in Shear Flow

(2020) Bishwa Ranjan Si et al.   LANGMUIR

Chemotaxis‐Driven 2D Nanosheet for Directional Drug Delivery toward the Tumor Microenvironment

(2020) Hao Zhang et al.   Small

Photoelectrochemical TiO 2 ‐Au‐Nanowire‐Based Motor for Precise Modulation of Single‐Neuron Activities

(2020) Bin Chen et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Predator–prey interactions between droplets driven by non-reciprocal oil exchange

(2020) Caleb H. Meredith et al.   Nature Chemistry

Photochemically Excited, Pulsating Janus Colloidal Motors of Tunable Dynamics

(2019) Chao Zhou et al.   ACS Nano

Magnetically actuated microrobots as a platform for stem cell transplantation

(2019) Sungwoong Jeon et al.   Science Robotics

Relating Rheotaxis and Hydrodynamic Actuation using Asymmetric Gold-Platinum Phoretic Rods

(2019) Quentin Brosseau et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Nanoscale Inorganic Motors Driven by Light: Principles, Realizations, and Opportunities

(2019) Hana Šípová-Jungová et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Erythrocyte Membrane Modified Janus Polymeric Motors for Thrombus Therapy

(2018) Jingxin Shao et al.   ACS Nano

Directed Flow of Micromotors through Alignment Interactions with Micropatterned Ratchets

(2018) Jaideep Katuri et al.   ACS Nano

Photogravitactic Microswimmers

(2018) Dhruv P. Singh et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Tubular Micro/Nanomachines: From the Basics to Recent Advances

(2018) Borui Xu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Swimming Microrobots: Soft, Reconfigurable, and Smart

(2018) Mariana Medina-Sánchez et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Progress toward Catalytic Micro- and Nanomotors for Biomedical and Environmental Applications

(2018) Muhammad Safdar et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Dynamic self-assembly of micro-nanomotor

(2018) Chun Wang et al.   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY COMMUNICATIONS

Micro- and Nanomotors as Active Environmental Microcleaners and Sensors

(2018) Jemish Parmar et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Photochemically Powered AgCl Janus Micromotors as a Model System to Understand Ionic Self-Diffusiophoresis

(2018) Chao Zhou et al.   LANGMUIR

Clustering of Magnetic Swimmers in a Poiseuille Flow

(2018) Fanlong Meng et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Motility and chemotaxis of bacteria-driven microswimmers fabricated using antigen 43-mediated biotin display

(2018) Oliver Schauer et al.   Scientific Reports

Cross-stream migration of active particles

(2018) Jaideep Katuri et al.   Science Advances

Photocatalytic Micro/Nanomotors: From Construction to Applications

(2018) Renfeng Dong et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Investigation of Magnetotaxis of Reconfigurable Micro-Origami Swimmers with Competitive and Cooperative Anisotropy

(2018) Hen-Wei Huang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Photocatalytically Powered Matchlike Nanomotor for Light-Guided Active SERS Sensing

(2018) Yong Wang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Chemotaxis of Active Janus Nanoparticles

(2018) Mihail N. Popescu et al.   NANO LETTERS

Helical paths, gravitaxis, and separation phenomena for mass-anisotropic self-propelling colloids: Experiment versus theory

(2017) Andrew I. Campbell et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Metal–Organic Frameworks as Micromotors with Tunable Engines and Brakes

(2017) Jinxing Li et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Acoustic actuation of bioinspired microswimmers

(2017) Murat Kaynak et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Highly Efficient Freestyle Magnetic Nanoswimmer

(2017) Tianlong Li et al.   NANO LETTERS

A phototactic micromotor based on platinum nanoparticle decorated carbon nitride

(2017) Zhenrong Ye et al.   Nanoscale

Orthogonal navigation of multiple visible-light-driven artificial microswimmers

(2017) Jing Zheng et al.   Nature Communications

Supramolecular Adaptive Nanomotors with Magnetotaxis Behavior

(2016) Fei Peng et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Light-Steered Isotropic Semiconductor Micromotors

(2016) Chuanrui Chen et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Artificial Swimmers Propelled by Acoustically Activated Flagella

(2016) Daniel Ahmed et al.   NANO LETTERS

Programmable artificial phototactic microswimmer

(2016) Baohu Dai et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Magnetically Propelled Fish-Like Nanoswimmers

(2016) Tianlong Li et al.   Small

Topographical pathways guide chemical microswimmers

(2016) Juliane Simmchen et al.   Nature Communications

Phototaxis of synthetic microswimmers in optical landscapes

(2016) Celia Lozano et al.   Nature Communications

Carbonate-based Janus micromotors moving in ultra-light acidic environment generated by HeLa cells in situ

(2016) Maria Guix et al.   Scientific Reports

Chemotaxis of bio-hybrid multiple bacteria-driven microswimmers

(2016) Jiang Zhuang et al.   Scientific Reports

Magnetic Helical Microswimmers Functionalized with Lipoplexes for Targeted Gene Delivery

(2015) Famin Qiu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

3D Printed Microtransporters: Compound Micromachines for Spatiotemporally Controlled Delivery of Therapeutic Agents

(2015) Tian-Yun Huang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Self-Guided Supramolecular Cargo-Loaded Nanomotors with Chemotactic Behavior towards Cells

(2015) Fei Peng et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Peptide–Metal Organic Framework Swimmers that Direct the Motion toward Chemical Targets

(2015) Yasuhiro Ikezoe et al.   NANO LETTERS

Undulatory Locomotion of Magnetic Multilink Nanoswimmers

(2015) Bumjin Jang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Self-Assembly of Micromachining Systems Powered by Janus Micromotors

(2015) Claudio Maggi et al.   Small

Living on the edge: transfer and traffic of E. coli in a confined flow

(2015) Nuris Figueroa-Morales et al.   Soft Matter

Rheotaxis of spherical active particles near a planar wall

(2015) W. E. Uspal et al.   Soft Matter

Boundaries can steer active Janus spheres

(2015) Sambeeta Das et al.   Nature Communications

Biomimetic mineralization of metal-organic frameworks as protective coatings for biomacromolecules

(2015) Kang Liang et al.   Nature Communications

Artificial rheotaxis

(2015) J. Palacci et al.   Science Advances

Superparamagnetic Twist-Type Actuators with Shape-Independent Magnetic Properties and Surface Functionalization for Advanced Biomedical Applications

(2014) Christian Peters et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Peptide Assembly-Driven Metal-Organic Framework (MOF) Motors for Micro Electric Generators

(2014) Yasuhiro Ikezoe et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Motorized Janus metal organic framework crystals

(2014) Tristan T. Y. Tan et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Metal–Organic Frameworks (MOFs)

(2014) Hong-Cai “Joe” Zhou et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Marangoni self-propelled capsules in a maze: pollutants ‘sense and act’ in complex channel environments

(2014) Guanjia Zhao et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Dynamics of Chemotactic Droplets in Salt Concentration Gradients

(2014) Jitka Čejková et al.   LANGMUIR

Gravitaxis of asymmetric self-propelled colloidal particles

(2014) Borge ten Hagen et al.   Nature Communications

Chemotactic Behavior of Catalytic Motors in Microfluidic Channels

(2013) Larysa Baraban et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Motility analysis of bacteria-based microrobot (bacteriobot) using chemical gradient microchamber

(2013) Daechul Park et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING

Gravitaxis in Spherical Janus Swimming Devices

(2013) Andrew I. Campbell et al.   LANGMUIR

The pH Taxis of an Intelligent Catalytic Microbot

(2013) Krishna Kanti Dey et al.   Small

Chemotaxis of catalytic silica–manganese oxide “matchstick” particles

(2013) Adam R. Morgan et al.   Materials Horizons

Magnetic Helical Micromachines: Fabrication, Controlled Swimming, and Cargo Transport

(2012) Soichiro Tottori et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Direct Upstream Motility in Escherichia coli

(2012) Tolga Kaya et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Micromotors with built-in compasses

(2012) Guanjia Zhao et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Transport of self-propelling bacteria in micro-channel flow

(2012) A Costanzo et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER

Bio-inspired magnetic swimming microrobots for biomedical applications

(2012) Kathrin E. Peyer et al.   Nanoscale

Autonomous motors of a metal–organic framework powered by reorganization of self-assembled peptides at interfaces

(2012) Yasuhiro Ikezoe et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Shape Governs the Motion of Chemically Propelled Janus Swimmers

(2011) Francesca Lugli et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Nanoporous Graphitic-C3N4@Carbon Metal-Free Electrocatalysts for Highly Efficient Oxygen Reduction

(2011) Yao Zheng et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Thermoresponsive Polymers for Biomedical Applications

(2011) Mark A. Ward et al.   Polymers

Microrobots for Minimally Invasive Medicine

(2010) Bradley J. Nelson et al.   Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering

Magnetically Powered Flexible Metal Nanowire Motors

(2010) Wei Gao et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Maze Solving by Chemotactic Droplets

(2010) István Lagzi et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Active Motion of a Janus Particle by Self-Thermophoresis in a Defocused Laser Beam

(2010) Hong-Ren Jiang et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Thermal non-equilibrium transport in colloids

(2010) Alois Würger   REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS

Schooling Behavior of Light-Powered Autonomous Micromotors in Water

(2009) Michael Ibele et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Artificial bacterial flagella: Fabrication and magnetic control

(2009) Li Zhang et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Self-Propelled Oil Droplets Consuming “Fuel” Surfactant

(2009) Taro Toyota et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Controlled Propulsion of Artificial Magnetic Nanostructured Propellers

(2009) Ambarish Ghosh et al.   NANO LETTERS